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Madagascan emperor moth
Bunaea aslauga
Bunaea aslauga, the Madagascar emperor moth, is an African moth belonging to the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by William Forsell Kirby in 1877. It has been found in Kenya and in Madagascar
It has a wingspan of 100–150 mm .
From the article Bunaea aslauga on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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One of its food plants is Intsia bijuga, a species in the family Fabaceae. Other host plants that can be tried are Ligustrum, Hedera and other Fabaceae.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Food plants”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 335507.